Perturbed residents of an affluent district in Atlanta, Ga., hope more than 120 people will attend a protest to encourage pop star Justin Bieber to look further afield for a new home.

The Canadian icon has reportedly been eyeing mansions in the well-to-do community of Buckhead. Harold White, a long-time resident of the area, said he plans to hold a protest outside a residence believed to be on the teen idol’s list at 6 a.m. on Monday.

“If enough people come out perhaps he’ll reconsider and find another neighbourhood. He’s young, there are plenty of places downtown for a wild kid with money to make noise without disturbing people. This is our hope. We can’t make him NOT buy a house, but we’re happy to circle the unwelcome wagons,” Mr. White told the Post via Facebook.

Nathan Denette/The Canadian PressCanadian musician Justin Bieber is swarmed by media and police officers as he turns himself in to city police for an expected assault charge, in Toronto, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014.December.

Mr. White said he has grandchildren and worries about having someone like Mr. Bieber in the neighbourhood. The teen idol was recently arrested for allegedly drag-racing his yellow Lamborghini against a red Ferrari in a residential Miami Beach neighbourhood. He was accused by police of driving under the influence and resisting arrest. The allegations have not been proven.

“We have plenty of celebrity neighbours in our community, and most of them are law-abiding citizens. Mr. Bieber’s actions, as told out every night on TMZ, etc., justify our stance that he’d be a distracting neighbour, a poor neighbour, and would encourage the wrong type of element,” wrote Mr. White, who said he had been a resident of the community for 40 years. “Buckhead is a quiet community and we’d like to keep it that way, free of potentially irresponsible child-celebrities.”

Mr. White said he expected between 120 and 150 people to show up for the protest, despite the backlash the group has received.

Most of the comments on Mr. White’s protest page on Facebook reacted negatively to the organizer’s plans to keep Mr. Bieber out.

Sam Massell, the president of the Buckhead Coalition and former mayor of Atlanta, said there was no evidence of Mr. White’s community group existing prior to the announcement of the protest.